The Left Hand of Darkness, First UK edition (+) HOLOGRAPH LETTER by author

LeGuin, Ursula K

Published by Macdonald Science Fiction, London, 1969

About this Item

First UK edition, first printing. 286pp. This is a lovely very fine copy, with tight binding and the publisher's original purple cloth looking fresh and bright. No inscriptions of any kind, no visible marks throughout: pages clean and fresh, an extremely fine copy. Complete with a near fine dust wrapper without tears or fading, nor price-clipped. Rarely does a copy this clean and as new becomes available, with the extra bonus of a manuscript letter by LeGuin to reader, wonderfully preserved: rarely a letter by Le Guin is available for purchase.

"No single work did more to upend the genre's conventions than The Left Hand of Darkness"--The Paris Review

Part of Le Guin's 'Hainish Cycle', all set in her fictional Hainish Universe, The Left Hand of Darkness is one of the first feminist Science Fiction novels--Le Guin identified as a feminist--and a pioneer work in its interrogation of gender fluidity and identity. Chosen by Harold Bloom as one of the novels of the 'Western canon', winner of both the Nebula Award (1969) and the Hugo Award (1970) for Best Novel. This is a rare opportunity to own a near-perfect copy, with the bonus of handwritten material, of one of the seminal works in the history of Science Fiction, by one of the authors who helped reformulate the genre.

Seller Inventory # LD010

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Left Hand of Darkness, First UK edition (+) HOLOGRAPH LETTER by author
• Publisher: Macdonald Science Fiction, London
• Publication Date: 1969
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Dimensions: 13.5W x 20.5H x 0D centimeters 13.5 centimeters width by 20.5 centimeters height by 0 centimeters depth
• Weight: 434 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • First Edition
  • Signed letter
  • First printing